LETTER TO THE HONORABLE J. EDGAR HOOVER FROM AWD

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• Publication Date: October 20, 1955
• Content Type: LETTER

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Washington. D. C.
Deer idgart
I vary inch appreciate your seading
40 a espy of your reply to Bob Murphy relating
to surveillances of certain Latta Americans
while to this country and sa enclosing a copy
of sty reply to him on this subject for your
Iafornation.
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The Honorable Robert Murphy
Deputy Under Secretary
for political Affairs
Department of State
Washington, D. C.
Dear Mr. Murphy:
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Reference is made to your letter of 10 October 1955 relative to
the problem of surveilling certain suspected Latin Americans in the
United States. In this regard you are correct in your u .erst sing
that the CIA does not conduct such surveillances within the confines
of the United States. Mr. Hoover has furnished me a copy of his
reply to your inquiry setting forth the FBI's jurisdiction and rospon-
sibflities in this matter.
In your letter mention is made of the gap in the intelligence in-
formation important in the conduct of foreign relations. This Agency
welcomes the receipt from the Department of specific requirement
briefs. and undeveloped leads regarding Latin American suspects,
since we have the trained personnel and operational assets throughout
South America who may be capable of fulfilling your requirements.
You may be assured that this Agency will continue to bring promptly
any information of this nature developed abroad to the attention of the
Department of State and the FBI.
A copy of this reply is being sent to Mr. Hoover.
DDP/CZ/J.Angleton:jbr (17 Oct 1955)
Sincerely,
Allen W. Dulles
Director
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
October 10, 1955
SECRET
On occasion it has proved important in connection with United States
interests in and relations with the other American Republics to obtain
intelligence information on activities taking place within the United
States. Specifically, it is important that the Department keep track
of the movements and contacts of selected Latin Americans while in this
country when there are reasons to believe that subversive activities
directed at the other Governments of this Hemisphere are being planned
and coordinated here. Such activities are against the national interests
of the United States in so far as they may result in developments which
could endanger United States lives, threaten United States business inter-
ests and cause friction within the inter-American system.
In the past the FBI has always cooperated in furnishing the Depart-
ment in specific Latin American cases with information available from
established sources, but it has shown understandable reluctance to become
involved to the extent of conducting direct surveillance in cases where
there is no evidence of nor reason to suspect subversive activities
directed against the United States or violation of United States laws. It
is felt that while this information is helpful, it does not completely fill
the gap in the intelligence information important in the conduct of foreign
relations. It is understood that the CIA., while interested in foreign
intelligence, does not carry out surveillance operations within the confines
of the United States.
It would be most appreciated if you could express an opinion as to
how surveillance of selected Latin American visitors to this country might
be arranged on an individual case basis.
An identical letter is being sent to the FBI in the hope that a
coordinated approach can be made.
Sincerely yours,
The Honorable
Allen Wo Dulles, Director, ff53`M:ENT M. Central Intelligence Agency. V NI UsANa rrl CUM.
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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
WASHINGTON 25, D. C.
October 14, 1955
Mr. Allen W. Dulles
Director
Central Intelligence Agency
Administration Building
Room 123
2430 E Street, N. W.
Washington, D. C.
PERSONAL AND CONFIDENTIAL
VIA LIAISON
Pursuant to our conversation today, I
am attaching for your information a copy of a
letter which I forwarded today to Honorable Robert
Murphy, the Deputy Under Secretary of State for
Political Affairs, which letter relates to sur-
veillances of certain Latin Americans while in
this country.
Sincerely yours,
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Honorable Robert Mu rp h y
Deputy Under Secretary of State
for Political Affairs
Department of State
Washington 25, D. C.
Dear Mr. Murphy:
October 14, 1955
Reference is made to your letter of October 10, 1955,
which notes that it is important for the Department of State to
keep track of the movements and contacts of selected Latin
Americans while in this country when there are reasons to believe
that subversive activities directed at the other governments of
this hemisphere are being planned and coordinated in this country.
Your letter also notes that this Bureau has shown an understand-
able reluctance to conduct direct surveillance o.f such Latin
Americans where there is no evidence of nor reason to suspect
subversive activities directed against the United States or
violation of United States laws. You requested an opinion as to
how surveillances of selected Latin American visitors to this
country might be arranged on an individual case basis.
When there is creditable information available indicating
that subversive activities directed at other governments of this
hemisphere are being planned and coordinated in the United States,
the FBI takes prompt investigative action in view of the probability
of violations of the registration or neutrality provisions of
United States laws. In conducting these investigations all logical
investigative techniques are used, including physical surveillances
where circumstances would warrant. Full-time physical surveillances
require a tremendous expenditure of manpower, however, and are
practicable only in connection with some phases of highly important
cases in the security or criminal fields. In the greater majority
of cases more actual information can be obtained through such
investigative techniques as spot-type surveillance, the use of
available sources of information and informants, the development of
special sources in a particular case and the use of other highly
confidential investigative techniques where appropriate. There is,
however, no reluctance on the part of the FBI to conduct physical
surveillances where the circumstances warrant such action.
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